>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. the bay area's annual freedom train tribute for martin luther king, jr. faces an uncertain future. today's ride could mark the end of the i hrides. ticket sales are down and that is threatening the freedom ride's existence. amy. >> reporter: hi, eric, yeah, organizers had sleepless nights. we have good news to report.

had they put out a plea to the community and they had a surge in ticket sales last night. these people have a new title. the people that saved the freedom train. >> we will run the train next year if we keep getting community support and we get sponsors and donors, we will run it after next year. right now, it's a year to year thing. >> reporter: this year looked to be the worst with only 300 tickets sold as of thursday. the train holds 1600 people and costs $6,000 to charter. >> i was worried because i love dr. king and i love this train and everything it stands for and i just thought, you know what? i'm going to ask the community. they have never failed us before and they won't fail us now and they didn't fail us. >> reporter: new and old showed up this morning.

full of th full of enthusiasm. >> all of us, first time coming. we heard so much about it and how educational and wonderful it is. so we brought the youth from church. >> reporter: there's a push to keep young people interested. one group is trying to bridge the gap through dance and approximaput on a performance. >> a lot of the things that dr. king spoke and sought was this. but we are doing it through the arts. >> reporter: will the excitement be enough to keep it going? they say it's the only martin luther king freedom train running in the country. >> i love the whole history of the train. >> reporter: we don't know how many people boarded the train this morning. she said that she will not have the number until she goes home and hand counts all the tickets. they covered their cost, selling the tickets at $15 east.

they are considering that a victory for now. abc 7 news. ♪ >> and the king holiday got off to a musical start, marching bands and performers took part in a parade and rally. this year marks the 25th anniversary celebration honoring dr. king. this year's program dedicated to the late nelson mandela. new this morning, b.a.r.t.'s nine-month old contract battle with the unions wound up costing the agency millions. it's reported that they spent $2.2 million to reach the final settlement and that does not account for the $5 million lost in the strikes. they spent money chartering buses to get people around. here is how it breaks down. nearly half, about $1 million

went to pay the salaries of 53 union negotiators. b.a.r.t. spent $1.2 billion on outside consultants and pr specialists. and nearly $5,000 was spent on takeout food. nick's plaza cafe took $500 in sandwich orders. critics say that raising minimum wage could be bad for employers and workers. a follow-up study was done on the 25% minimum wage hike last year and found that it led to higher prices to consumers and fewerer hours for workers. 2/3 of the city's restaurants raised the prices to compensate and another 44% reduced staff hours. 42% let workers go. richmond and san francisco are considering minimum wage hikes.

new this morning oakland police want to know who is behind the flyers depicting swastikas on a jewish woman's forehead. the candidate is a candidate for mayor next november nobody has claimed responsibility for doing this to libby. she was supposedly the flyer supposedly represented opponents of a controversial is surveillance center for police and firefighters in the area. she said that she is surprised she is being targeted because she has been skeptical of the cent arer. governor chris christie's administration is said to have withheld super storm sandy's relief funds. we have the latest. >> reporter: new jersey governor

chris christie's administration is fighting new allegations. they are claiming that christie informed her that her city would not get super storm sandy recovery money unless she backed christie's pet project. she was approached about it a a public event. >> she said that she was with him on friday night and it was a direct message from the governor. >> reporter: the staffer denies the shake down. >> any suggestion that the sandy funds were tied to approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> reporter: in a statement, christie staffers say that hoboken was approved for $70 million. but zimer claims her city received $342,000 of the $100 million requested. yesterday the mayor turned over diary entries and other documents to federal prosecutors. in one diary entry, zimer said that the lieutenant governor

told her, if you tell anyone, i will deny it and if she backs the project the money will start floating to you. the george washington bridge scandal caused her to break her silence. christie said that democrats are on a campaign to destroy the possible candidate. >> this is a well orchestrated democratic organizational effort to hurt christie. governor christie said he will learn from the bridge scandal. i can't tell you what yet i'm going to learn, but i'm intent on learning from this. abc news, new york. >> the 49ers faithful are in santa clare a right now. they will soon leave for their off-season homes after coming so close to a super bowl return. we are live with more, matt. >> reporter: yeah, we have seen several players arrive in the last 5 to 10 minutes and they are now inside cleaning out their lockers and meeting with the media for the last time this

season. outside, the 49ers faithful have gathered. they are supporting the team and congratulating the player on another fun and successful season. it's not the end of the season celebration they had hoped for, but the 49ers faithful young and and old, showed up early at the head you are quoquarter headquarters. this family drove in to say thank you. >> i'm still a fan, win or lose. and yesterday, it was just -- it was not our day. >> reporter: the team arrived in t the san jose international airport after the loss to the seahawks and filed in to six waiting buses. cheering fans greeting them at the end of the short trip to santa clara, as they were driven in to the gates of their headquarters. >> i'm sure they are feeling depressed and done after such an awesome game, and a toughened to the game, what better way to come home than all of us

cheering them on. >> the team responded to the fans on twitter. alden smith tweeted, thanks for the support. safety said great season faithful, we appreciate all of you. and ceo jed york said, thanks 49ers faithful for cheering us on this season. the loss to seattle marked the end of this playoff run. but fans see a bright future. >> they are crystal and bright like my shades, with ee are goi come back stronger next season. i have season tickets and it will be a blast. it's what we to look forward to, a new era. >> reporter: that new era will start here at levi stadium. the first preseason game is expected to be here in early to mid august. reporting live, abc 7 news. >> thanks, matt. niners are fans are thanking the team on our facebook page and you can do the same. just kbro to facebook.com/abc7 news and post your thoughts. the internet is buzzing this this morning after richard

sherman's post game interview with fox's erin andrews. take a look. >> i'm the best corner in the game. when you try to guard me with a receiver like crabtree, that's what you get. don't you ever talk about me. >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. >> he was talking about the play where he tipped the ball from crabtree and crabtree responded shortly afterwards in the locker room. >> he is a tv goi. i'm not a tv guy. i play ball. he made one play, and he talks. good play. >> i was making sure that everyone knew that crabtree was a mediocre receiver. mediocre. and when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receive r, that's what you get. >> sherman added that crabtree made a personal remark to him in arizona. he said that he will be tough on crabtree for the rest of his

career. security officials in russia are investigating tape by a group that promises a surprise package for those that come to the olympics in two weeks. it was posted to weeks ago. still to come, president obama's candid feelings about marijuana and what was found in the cookie jars at singer justin biebers home. we have new details from the police raid in his mansion. and the bachelor does damage control after making a controversial statement about gays. and a live look from the rooftop camera. you can see, a pretty day on top, and close though record

>> new this morning, kenneth bay is american mission narrow -- missionary is accused of crimes against the state and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, he a appeared in a gray baseball cap and spoke in korean, and said that he committed anti-government acts. today's press conference comes

after former basketball star dennis rodman visited north korea, and made comments that he deserved his he has since retracted those statements and that is video of dennis rodman singing happy birthday to the leader of the country. he is taking part in a 30 day program after the drinking escalated after the trip in north korea. a new report out this morning said that singer justin bieber had two large cookie jars full of marijuana when deputies raided eed his mansion there w search warrant served last week and they were found. he is accused of throwing eggs

at his neighbor's mansion. the cookie jars were in plain view. but deputies did not seize them balk they were not on the hunt tore drugs. they were primarily looking for security camera footage. president obama doesn't think smoking weed is worse than drinking alcohol. in an interview, he said that he does not feel it's more dangerous than alcohol when considering the impact on users, but he is not arguing for theizatithe legalization of marijuana. he admits to using it when he was young and calls it a bad idea, he said those that feel that legalizing marijuana will solve problems are probably over stating the case. here is the forecast. >> good morning to you on this holiday. one that is sunny and hazy. it's not a spare the air day like over the weekend. a couple of wind changes will bring a different flavor to the forecast, almost gone are the

near record high temperatures. >> mike, thanks a lot, and good news for those of you who shattered your iphone screens. apple has an easier fix. plus the

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fix screens in the stores. and it has been an hour. until now, replacing the phone has been the only solution. they ha they have begun repairing the screens for this model in the store since june. time for a look at the forecast. mike in. >> enjoying the sunshine, eric, good morning to you and everybody, hope you are ep joying the holiday and reflecting on mlk, jr. day. you can see how the winds are blowing just slightly here in downtown san francisco, we are already in the low 60s and the destination the mid 60s. elsewhere, you can see it's live on doppler 7 hd, we had low clouds hugging the coast. and spotty in the onier, it's still hanging -- in the one area, it's still hanging around in half moon bay. haze around san carlos. it is starting to fade rather

quickly. main storm track, again, up around the great lakes in the upper midwest. you can see a clipper system coming down through minneapolis and far go, that will spread light snow through areas and take a turn to the east and spread light snow across the great lakes and in to new england. call ahead if you are going that way. it will not be a big store. 59 and in mountain view and fremont. a lot of us in the mid to upper 50s. 60 in antioch, and 63 in los gatos, half moon bay running at 50 and same thing with santa rosa. this morning the sun did come out down in san jose and santa clara and a few clouds will be in the skies. near record highs again. cooler breezes through the mid week and then those breezes turn off shore as we go to thursday and friday. that is when we can see a heightened fire danger. you can see how nice it looks

theity coast. temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above average and the sun will set at 5:20. here is a look down south. we will be close, mid to upper 60s and low to mid 70s. mid to upper 60s most of the peninsula. and we will be in the mid to upper 60s especially away from the cloud cover. that will spill in to downtown. the mid 60s, 70 the warm spot up north in santa rosa. and mid to upper 60s throughout the east bay valley. freezing cold in lansing. low 40s, and 30s elsewhere with 57 in san francisco, the low spot. look at the areas on of low pressure the high is dominating and it's creating a split flow, whenever you have that, you just do not have strong storms. they go around the high pressure, that means they are going around us. tomorrow though, the winds will shift on shore with the passing low areas of low pressure.

you can see temperatures dropping for the cool spot. and i'm being conservative on the temperatures. they could be up near 70 by friday with the offshore flow and a possibility of a high fire danger. notice the seven days are dry. hope you have a great day. back to you eric. >> thank you. the star of abc the bachelor is apologizing to the gay community for his controversial remarks. the 32-year-old single father and former soccer player said, he will meet with glad in person this week. he is facing criticism after telling the online sight, the tv page that he did think a gay bachelor would set a good example for kids. >> to me the show would be too strong. too hard to watch on tv. >> and a facebook apology, he explains that english is his second language. he said he did not mean to use the word pervert, what he meant that gay people are more

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